COMPOSITE GAZETTEER OF ANTARCTICA

between the N point of Rothschild Island and Cape Vostok, Alexander Island, with part of Wilkins Ice Front forming the head of the bay, was sighted by RAE in January 1821 (Russian Gap, q.v.); photographed from the air by RARE in 1947 and mapped from air photographs by FIDS in 1959; named after Leytenant Mikhail P. Lazarev (1788-1851), of the Imperial Russian Navy, Second-in-command of RAE and commanding the expedition sloop Mirnyy (Mirnyy Peak, q.v.); ([with co-ordinates 69°20'S 72°00'W] APC, 1961, p.3; BA chart 3571, 14.vii.1961; Searle, 1963, end map; [co-ordinates corrected from USLANDSAT imagery of February 1975] APC, 1977, p.20; BAS 250P sheet SR 19-20/5 (Ext.), 1-DOS 1978). Zaliv Lazareva (Soviet Union. GUGK sheet 221, 1973).

Rectangular bay, 15 mi long and 13 mi wide, between Alexander Island and Rothschild Island and bounded on the S by ice shelf joining the two islands. The N coast of Alexander Island was first seen from a great distance by the Russian expedition of 1821 under Bellingshausen. The bay was first mapped from air photos taken by the RARE, 1947-48, by Searle of the FIDS in 1960. Named by the UK-APC for Lt. Mikhail P. Lazarev (1788-1851), second-in-command of the Russian expedition and commander of the sloop Mirnyy.